The best folktales have a dark edge. Conversely, the best folk art pops with colour - perhaps as a visual way of whistling in the dark, perhaps a celebration of the richness of northern Europe's storytelling tradition. Sandra Dieckmann's nature inspired illustration has got that elusive, comfortable yet disquieting quality in spades.

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Sandra Dieckmann is an illustrator / author and maker. She enjoys observing the world, creating creatures and anything else that involves creative play. Her work is deeply inspired by all that weird and wonderful in nature and evolves drifting, dreams and all the things that touch her personally. She is best known for her colourful and patterned often intricate renderings but works in a multitude of media from pencil and paint to digital and clay. A lot of her work is self initiated and sold online in her busy Etsy shop and through various worldwide stockists. Sandra's work has also been applied to a wide selection of international commissions and projects working on book illustrations, editorial, apparel and much more. In 2011 Sandra was chosen by Oscar winning animator and illustrator Shaun Tan as the Emerging Talent in Illustration for her image ‘Fox Tree’. In 2013 Etsy flew her to Australia and New Zealand to speak at Semi Permanent Conferences about her life and work. She works from her studio
Mama Wolf
at Hackney Downs Studios in East London, UK. Her first book as author and illustrator LEAF was published by Flying Eye Books in June 2017.